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In the late 1930s it was the largest Black weekly newspaper by circulation. The 'Pittsburgh Courier' was one of the leading Black newspapers in America. The Pittsburgh Crawfords (ever heard of Josh Gibson) was the first black-owed team and played in a black-owned ballparks, Homestead Grays was another very prominent baseball team that travel the country. The 'Hill District' was the predominate area where Blacks congregated (most due to the jazz clubs, Billy Eckstine, Lena Horne, etc.) and was known throughout the country. Nevertheless, the exodus from the south after the civil war to pursue the well-paying jobs in the area provided Blacks with the income that allow them to live above a subsistence level that exist in the south, and thus allowed the luxury of time to participate in the arts and matters of civil rights. Admittedly, that influence has waned considerably in the last 50 years due to the decline of the steel & heavy industry in the area I believed the Black population peak at ~12% in 1950. Yes, I agree with all of this and will take it up a notch, historically Pittsburgh has had a greater influence on the Black American experience than the percentage of the Black population in the city and surrounding area would indicate. It's not like Pittsburgh is Portland or something. Someone from Central Pennsylvania, or West Virginia, where Black people are few and far between, probably do view Pittsburgh as blacker than it is, and blacker than demographics would suggest. Pittsburgh is kind of an urban island, with few large cities close by. I agree that Pittsburgh doesn't have nearly as much Black culture as Philly, or even nearby Cleveland, but it is still probably seen as a 'Black city' by people who live in the greater region. The Hill District is a pretty well known Black area, with some legendary music venues back in the 20s and 30s. They also have the longest tenured Black coach (Mike Tomlin) in the NFL. The Steelers seem to have pretty widespread appeal among Black people across the country.most notably Snoop Dog is huge Steeler fan. I also know they have the August Wilson African American Cultural Center in a pretty high visibility location downtown. His breakout hit song 'Black and Yellow' was an ode to Pittsburgh. Wiz Khalifa is a pretty prominent Black Pittsburgh export. I would also say Mexican and Puerto Rican immigration prevented Chicago from declining more than it actually did. Immigration is probably the main reason New York and other cities didn't completely emptied out.

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I wonder if Detroit and other cities would have avoided rapid decline if immigration was in full swing after white flight. The black residents couldn't do anything to stop that from happening. The inner city was literally abandoned and left to become poorer and poorer. With the bulk of the population leaving, there goes most of the tax base to maintain city services. Due to redlining and other racist policies, African Americans were also limited to neighborhoods that weren't wealthy to begin with. The black population was never going to be large enough to make up for the difference. When the white population fled Detroit, they probably left entire neighborhoods emptied out. Thus, Detroit at its peak was around 1/4 black, but now in its declined state, it has a higher black percentage but the raw numbers of black folks living there has only grown a little ( with even those numbers going down due to black flight). Now it has around 600,000 people ( correct me if I'm wrong), with the majority of that being black. For example, Detroit once had close to 2 million people when it was majority white. A lot of those 'black' cities in the Rust Belt are only majority African American because most of the white population ( which made up the vast bulk of the city's original population) fled.